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1 Army Killed in Mawab Landmining
1 Army Killed in Mawab Landmining
1 Army Killed in Mawab Landmining
A fifteen-minute exchange of fires ensued after the explosion. The NPAs escaped after
the treacherous attack. Killed in the attack was 1 st Lieutenant Despojo Jr.
LTC Paniza says that it was the government troops’ desire to bring down to the town
proper the cadaver of an NPA member who was killed in an encounter last Wednesday,
March 9, in order to allow the family and relatives to accord proper burial rites. He
further said that most often, NPAs abandon their fallen comrades in encounter sites
denying families and relatives of the chance to give decent burial.
This criminal act of continuous use by the NPAs of improvised landmines violates the
Canada and the International Movement to ban landmines as prescribed in the Ottawa
Protocol and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and the
International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).
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